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GamingI quit my job at EA, where I worked on Burnout, sold my house and started an indie games studio with three friends. Tomorrow we release our next game. AMA! (self.IAmA)

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Hello Reddit! I’m Sean Murray, and I’m one part of a small indie dev called Hello Games.

I joined the industry straight out of Uni, worked for three years, became a technical director, lost my way, quit and made a game with my friends. That was Joe Danger. Tomorrow we're releasing our next game called No Man's Sky.

You can read about it here: http://www.no-mans-sky.com/2016/08/what-do-you-do-in-no-mans-sky/

It's a chill sci-fi game.

I can’t really describe in words what today feels like... but let's go with weird and terrifying.

My specialist subjects are programming, indie development, working at EA, not sleeping, maths, hype-trains, drinking tea and stressing about your game releasing... Ask Me Anything!

Proof here… https://twitter.com/NoMansSky/status/762769098614923265

<3

EDIT! Thank you everyone! I'm gonna do another half hour and then try to get some sleep :)

EDIT! Leaving now because people pointed out we might overtake Obama as the most popular AMA. If that happens someone might start to worry that the hype has gone too far ¯\(シ)/¯ - thank you all so much! Hope you enjoy the game, I'm going to try to sneak off into anonymity now

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[–]sacriker 1280ポイント1281ポイント  (134子コメント)

When Sony became heavily involved, did they have any input (or say) on the final product? Is this still completely your vision?

[–]seanymurray[S] 2098ポイント2099ポイント  (132子コメント)

Sony has been super cool to work with, but mainly just because they haven't been involved in development, you know? We're still sort of the underdog with Sony, and in the general AAA (for obvious reasons). If NMS is a success, I think that probably will have a real impact in terms of how a lot of people in larger publishers view indie games. People generally think of NMS as a Sony title, but we're still just a self funded indie studio - it's kind of a crazy situation :)

[–]RiasGremorySenpai 900ポイント901ポイント  (67子コメント)

Reminder that Sony didn't fund them, just did the entire marketing.

[–]ProudToBeAKraut 530ポイント531ポイント  (53子コメント)

Yeah but marketing isnt for free - if you look at development vs marketing costs you see the second one is mostly always the biggest issue on AAA titles

[–]BarTroll 59ポイント60ポイント  (4子コメント)

Considering that the first footage i saw of NMS was on the Late Show with Stephen Colbert, i'd say that they did more than what people are used to.

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    [–]bcGrimm 112ポイント113ポイント  (16子コメント)

    AAA devs need to take a page out of your guy's book. With the Day 1 patch it is clear you guys are passionate about what you do, AND you listen to gamers and what they want in a game (freighters, base building, pets O_o). I've been waiting for this game since I was ten years old. A big thank you to Hello Games from my ten year old self!

    Edit: there are good AAA devs too.

    [–]danecarney 24ポイント25ポイント  (6子コメント)

    Wait there are pets now??

    [–]Xtortion08 44ポイント45ポイント  (3子コメント)

    Part of the new patch, feeding animals can lead to being friendly with them, them showing you where valuable resources can be found, can turn into your pets, and even shit out resources for you for feeding them.

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        [–]PolskaFly 77ポイント78ポイント  (5子コメント)

        Well that just put down a lot of conspiracy theories!

        [–]Jacknjameson 29ポイント30ポイント  (0子コメント)

        Hey Sean, are you guys ever considering adding ground vehicles? Also portable campsites? That would be amazing.

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            [–]MurphyBinkings 217ポイント218ポイント  (24子コメント)

            Could uh, could you do something like Burnout again?

            I mean not Burnout exactly, and certainly not something exactly like Burnout 3 - but I mean, something real close.

            [–]seanymurray[S] 474ポイント475ポイント  (21子コメント)

            I have a recurring dream that I am back working on Burnout 3. Normally that I'm playing the game, and we've made it so every race ends with a crash junction. Then I wake up in a cold sweat. Games dev does things to you.

            [–]BSanbizzle 67ポイント68ポイント  (1子コメント)

            Unsure what you worked on in BO3, but that's seriously the best racing game ever made.

            I skipped so many college classes my soph year to play it.

            [–]GrimResistance 7ポイント8ポイント  (0子コメント)

            i 100%ed that game so many times because people kept overwriting my saves. The only negative to that game is you can't easily tell which save slot is already used when starting a new game.

            All I want is a pc version, please please please!

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                [–]Nivek722 2623ポイント2624ポイント  (114子コメント)

                Are ringed planets still in the game? Love ya Sean!

                [–]Seyne 682ポイント683ポイント  (20子コメント)

                Cue frantic work on another patch!

                [–]PainMatrix 244ポイント245ポイント  (49子コメント)

                What the hell is going on here? This is one of the fastest rising posts I've ever seen.

                [–]Gmr_Leon 334ポイント335ポイント  (4子コメント)

                Everyone wants to see him put a ring on it!

                [–]ChocolateMorsels 141ポイント142ポイント  (11子コメント)

                He said he quit EA.

                [–]TheDeanMan 47ポイント48ポイント  (5子コメント)

                This game has been injected with liquid hype since it has been announced, and it's release date has been pushed back several times, making people extremely eager to play it.

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                    [–]bellepiper 174ポイント175ポイント  (14子コメント)

                    How close is the game coming out compared to the original idea you had of NMS?

                    [–]seanymurray[S] 267ポイント268ポイント  (13子コメント)

                    I think really close... I think? I was kinda posting about that today, going back to early versions of the game:

                    http://www.no-mans-sky.com/2016/08/what-do-you-do-in-no-mans-sky/

                    [–]Criegg 540ポイント541ポイント  (110子コメント)

                    Will PS4 and PC Universes be linked in any way?

                    [–]seanymurray[S] 734ポイント735ポイント  (59子コメント)

                    PS4 and PC players are using two different servers. We are running a control experiment to see who names things the most juvenile things... Let the games begin!

                    [–]onav 64ポイント65ポイント  (35子コメント)

                    The seed of the universe is the same but i don't think both can meet each other online.

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                      [–]ChronaNoctis 761ポイント762ポイント  (89子コメント)

                      How drunk were you guys in your live stream today?

                      [–]seanymurray[S] 2778ポイント2779ポイント  (83子コメント)

                      Yeah, so everyone thinks we were high or drunk :( Just hadn't eaten today, and am operating on zero sleep. It's an ok buzz. 5/10. Would not sleep again.

                      [–]DeathByPetrichor 169ポイント170ポイント  (2子コメント)

                      Good answer

                      [–]Theassasin47 317ポイント318ポイント  (22子コメント)

                      Please take care of your health, if you die we will all have a suicide pact...

                      [–]opinionatedfoliage 35ポイント36ポイント  (10子コメント)

                      Did...did you guys eat? We'll order you some pizza if you need it.

                      [–]OpticalPrime33 19ポイント20ポイント  (0子コメント)

                      So the real question would be how drunk are you GOING to be once this all gets released

                      [–]PolskaFly 28ポイント29ポイント  (0子コメント)

                      You guys looked like you were enjoying yourselves. And I liked that you seemed proud of what you created which solidifies that you guys are trying your hardest!

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                          [–]Viscake 936ポイント937ポイント  (110子コメント)

                          Hey Sean, In an old trailer I saw huge snakes/wurms, are those still in the game?

                          Also have a nice day!

                          [–]littlenemonox 658ポイント659ポイント  (23子コメント)

                          Control the spice, control the universe.

                          [–]rahomka 148ポイント149ポイント  (2子コメント)

                          Feeding them correctly will yield... pooping valuable resources

                          melange confirmed!

                          [–]theprophetchuck 87ポイント88ポイント  (9子コメント)

                          DUUUUUUUNE <3

                          [–]NickWatchesMCU 61ポイント62ポイント  (4子コメント)

                          He gives his procedurally generated water to the dead.

                          [–]digitalchet 38ポイント39ポイント  (0子コメント)

                          Bless the Maker and His water.
                          Bless the coming and going of Him.
                          May His passage cleanse the world.
                          May He keep the world for His people.

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                              [–]seanymurray[S] 1474ポイント1475ポイント  (42子コメント)

                              Oh man, I hate questions like this, because like wouldn't you just rather discover for yourself? Huge creatures are out there, and I haven't seen them on streams yet. They are rare.

                              [–]Ammonitida 36ポイント37ポイント  (11子コメント)

                              Yes, I've seen them in streams, but they were glitched in the same way you sometimes see fish being glitched.

                              [–]Moudiz 54ポイント55ポイント  (12子コメント)

                              One of the people who got it early showed a space worm floating in the sky

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                                [–]bhawx10 459ポイント460ポイント  (86子コメント)

                                Hey Sean,

                                How often do you and your coworkers read /r/nomansskythegame?

                                [–]seanymurray[S] 1442ポイント1443ポイント  (79子コメント)

                                Some of the team read it for sure, and then post me the weirdest stuff :) OK sso I'll admit there have been times, my lowest on the project, where I've looked at the subreddit and it's cheered me up and kept me going. But there have been times I've looked on there and despaired - and just thought "how can we ever live up to the expectations of people who having been waiting for this game for 3 years"

                                [–]noteandcolor 1102ポイント1103ポイント  (23子コメント)

                                Meanwhile, at Valve: "That's cute."

                                [–]Roborowan 160ポイント161ポイント  (11子コメント)

                                Don't worry. We're behind you the whole way

                                [–]blockanton 36ポイント37ポイント  (2子コメント)

                                Hey Sean,

                                How often do you and your coworkers read the Steam forums for No Man's Sky?

                                please stay away theyre dangerous

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                                  [–]rahomka 35ポイント36ポイント  (2子コメント)

                                  I'm sure they've had a laugh at the ridiculous neckbeard outrage there.

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                                    [–]Obnition 402ポイント403ポイント  (184子コメント)

                                    Will your glorious beard be shaved now?

                                    [–]seanymurray[S] 1604ポイント1605ポイント  (182子コメント)

                                    So basically my beard is a disguise. I'm totally going to shave it off when this game is done, and burn every check shirt I own (5?) and hopefully no one will ever shout "No Man's Sky FOV Slider?" at me in the street. ever. again. in. my. life.

                                    [–]seanymurray[S] 842ポイント843ポイント  (154子コメント)

                                    If anyone does have a suggestion for new look, I'm totally open to that. Beard and check shirts is pretty much all I got... same as everyone else who works in games :)

                                    [–]InnapropriateHaiku 483ポイント484ポイント  (10子コメント)

                                    Moushashe and reflective t-shirt with Nickleback Logo.

                                    [–]recedingsamson 27ポイント28ポイント  (3子コメント)

                                    Hoodie season is soon upon us, you can hide in public with those and some sick shades

                                    [–]DerSektenspinner 77ポイント78ポイント  (2子コメント)

                                    go full goth m8

                                    [–]callofdukie09 15ポイント16ポイント  (3子コメント)

                                    Ever seen Grandma's Boy? JP had a pretty sweet trench coat

                                    [–]mar109us 15ポイント16ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                    idk but you should totally get a Balari V tattoo.

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                                          [–]dotjaypig 592ポイント593ポイント  (47子コメント)

                                          Any plans for VR support in the future?

                                          [–]Imkindaalrightiguess 248ポイント249ポイント  (13子コメント)

                                          Simulation theory is pretty much confirmed. Fuck this world I'm gonna go live inside the No Mans Sky universe.

                                          [–]raiderofawesome 45ポイント46ポイント  (3子コメント)

                                          Really hoping for this myself. Elite Dangerous was a whole new game in VR, and NMS seems like a great fit (minus some possible issues with movement on land)

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                                            [–]SeanMurrayInsideMe 504ポイント505ポイント  (26子コメント)

                                            Hi Sean. Hope you're well. Sorry. You've worked so very hard in bringing this game to life and put up with intense media & fan pressure very well (all for some unaccomplished idiot to write mildly humorous satirical erotic fiction about him). Would be interested to hear how you reacted. I hope you liked it tho.

                                            I do have to ask a question, so... Wanna grab dinner sometime? ;)

                                            [–]Cyrusdexter 1308ポイント1309ポイント  (215子コメント)

                                            Will No Man's Sky on PC have FOV options? Or at least a higher default than the PS4 version? Literally the only thing keeping me from preordering...

                                            [–]seanymurray[S] 4095ポイント4096ポイント x2 (185子コメント)

                                            Innes and Charlie are here working on it right now, but every time someone asks we take away one degree of field of view http://imgur.com/L9CIxSR

                                            [–]robcoo 1032ポイント1033ポイント  (66子コメント)

                                            Ah, so you're at -1473 degrees as it stands?

                                            [–]TriumphantPWN 231ポイント232ポイント  (60子コメント)

                                            Who knew it was possible to go below absolute zero?

                                            Does the camera begin to wrap around backwards?

                                            [–]Snailic 135ポイント136ポイント  (49子コメント)

                                            Who knew it was possible to go below absolute zero?

                                            https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Negative_temperature

                                            Easier explanation: https://www.quantum-munich.de/research/negative-absolute-temperature/

                                            [–]oversettDenee 8ポイント9ポイント  (1子コメント)

                                            It's a mirrored image, then back to normal, then mirrored again

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                                                [–]dr_jam_ 81ポイント82ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                This is gonna be a good AMA.

                                                [–]drsolaris 121ポイント122ポイント  (22子コメント)

                                                Awesome!! Thanks so much. Love you guys.

                                                Edit: how about 144Hz? ;)

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                                                  [–]Greydingo 110ポイント111ポイント  (10子コメント)

                                                  We have found TotalBiscuit's Reddit account.

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                                                    [–]BlahBlahBlasphemee 255ポイント256ポイント  (34子コメント)

                                                    Can you say anything more about the base-building aspect yet?

                                                    [–]Pretty_wizard 118ポイント119ポイント  (28子コメント)

                                                    This excites me. I want to build a zoo. Why build a base if you cant shove it full of insane creatures :|

                                                    [–]sibre2001 141ポイント142ポイント  (23子コメント)

                                                    Found the MGSV fan

                                                    [–]Pretty_wizard 59ポイント60ポイント  (22子コメント)

                                                    Never played it, can I build a zoo??

                                                    [–]XvX_Joe_XvX 50ポイント51ポイント  (8子コメント)

                                                    An animal sanctuary yeah, you can rescue and visit all sorts of animals

                                                    [–]koalas_arent_bears 30ポイント31ポイント  (5子コメント)

                                                    Yeah "rescue" animals, the same way you "rescue" enemy combatants & equipment. Ohh that poor abused T70 tank, I'd better rescue it and give it a home where it will be loved.

                                                    No matter how many critters I abducted rescued the sanctuary didn't get more full, so what happened to the other 30 donkeys? Were they food? Now that I think about it, there was no visible means of food production on mother base, and a steady supply of fresh meat coming in... oh jesus, they were eating the animals.

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                                                      [–]BananafishGlass 14ポイント15ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                      Petting zoo. A lot of the game is just free roaming and air lifting animals for your petting zoo.

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                                                            [–]msmouse05 468ポイント469ポイント  (196子コメント)

                                                            Is the PC getting a midnight release?

                                                            [–]seanymurray[S] 1225ポイント1226ポイント  (181子コメント)

                                                            The reality is that we're still here working on it right now. There's no conspiracy, we're just racing to get all the extra options and stuff we want. PS4 comes out tomorrow and we'll just try to pretend it's a normal work day! Best guess right now is 6pm GMT on Friday, but we'll keep you up to date as we get closer.

                                                            [–]seanymurray[S] 2830ポイント2831ポイント  (102子コメント)

                                                            I'll tell you a funny story about PC. I was here late yesterday, and I had to take a break and do an interview with Playboy (!) - and the guy was like "what are you working on when you go back downstairs?" and I was like "compatibility for ATI opengl drivers", and he said "ummm.... could you make something up. That sounds pretty nerdy". I always knew I wasn't Playboy article material :)

                                                            [–]ENZO_1999 435ポイント436ポイント  (6子コメント)

                                                            The beard is all the material you need

                                                            [–]TheMexicanJuan 33ポイント34ポイント  (5子コメント)

                                                            I'm pretty sure if you mine in Sean Murray's beard you'll find Plutonium.

                                                            [–]FizixMan 203ポイント204ポイント  (13子コメント)

                                                            Do you know which issue? I'm really looking forward to seeing your centrefold.

                                                            [–]mar109us 30ポイント31ポイント  (2子コメント)

                                                            Hahah, the entirety of the NMS subreddit would disagree, i promise you.

                                                            [–]LeeMoriya 50ポイント51ポイント  (3子コメント)

                                                            "Calibrating my Joystick ;)"

                                                            [–]TheSeaOfThySoul 122ポイント123ポイント  (17子コメント)

                                                            I'm sure some would beg to differ, especially the illustrious fan-fiction writer u/SeanMurrayInsideMe, who wrote the seminal fanfiction, "My Evening Interview at Hello Games".

                                                            [–]Anarch33 29ポイント30ポイント  (6子コメント)

                                                            Instead of ati opengl drivers, work on vulkan. All us AMD users would love you if you do that

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                                                                [–]NibblyPig 50ポイント51ポイント  (1子コメント)

                                                                A different kind of midnight release.

                                                                [–]B00gerball 169ポイント170ポイント  (18子コメント)

                                                                Dude

                                                                [–]EvilMasturbater 14ポイント15ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                                Sucky sucky, huh? Mmm.

                                                                [–]TheFlagpole 28ポイント29ポイント  (1子コメント)

                                                                Good thing that wasn't creepy.

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                                                                    [–]chief_shankaho 12ポイント13ポイント  (11子コメント)

                                                                    I need to know this as well. the number of times I've checked the steam store source code just to see if the 1PM EST release time has changed is bordering obsessive.

                                                                    EDIT: Sean if you answer this I promise I'll stop tweeting at you asking about it.

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                                                                      [–]Panda413 177ポイント178ポイント  (62子コメント)

                                                                      Hey Sean

                                                                      Congrats on release this week! Many people have noticed that you guys seem to really be trying to aggressively manage expectations.

                                                                      Can you just talk about balancing expectations/hype in the lead up to release based on your experience so far?

                                                                      What might you do differently for future titles?

                                                                      [–]seanymurray[S] 497ポイント498ポイント  (59子コメント)

                                                                      REAL TALK - so obviously the hype is terrifying. I mean, I have had this hanging over me for three years since we announced. I get like 3 hours sleep a night, but like I can't sleep even if I was home so ¯_(シ)_/¯. It's catch 22, if we hadn't announced when we did, we probably would have quit the project without the community supporting us... but god... should I have passed up Colbert? Or E3? I dunno. Every time we showed the game we always assumed people would suddenly not like it anymore... but instead the hype would just get crazier. In an alternate timeline, imagine if we could just be showing it for the first time tonight and launching tomorrow? Imagine how fun that would have been...

                                                                      [–]Gpotato 124ポイント125ポイント  (9子コメント)

                                                                      The game at worst will prove that an indie developer can make a game that not only looks like a AAA title, but also takes risks that only the indie game sector is willing to do. It looks god damned impressive and I cant wait until Friday!

                                                                      [–]cherbert 35ポイント36ポイント  (14子コメント)

                                                                      It drives me insane how much you disbelieve in yourself. The work you have done is incredible. Some people say they have been waiting 3 years for this game when I have been waiting all my life since playing the original Elite. Ignore the negative entitled kids bringing your moods down. This game lives up to my expectations. I have followed you since VGX and I am so happy you made every decision you made. Enjoy this! I look forward to seeing the game expand and evolve.

                                                                      [–]_its_ya_boy_ 199ポイント200ポイント  (12子コメント)

                                                                      \ you dropped this mate

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                                                                          [–]B00gerball 254ポイント255ポイント  (32子コメント)

                                                                          Do you think our real universe is procedurally generated or perhaps a simulation?

                                                                          [–]seanymurray[S] 254ポイント255ポイント  (15子コメント)

                                                                          So Elon Musk asked me this (NAME DROP!). I said if I was Elon Musk, then I'd be pretty sure it was right? Like load up the holodeck with the disk where I get to colonise mars and make self driving cars... So I think he almost certainly is, and then I'm an AI bot I guess? In his simulation? Controlled by a giant AI that's smirking to itself whilst I give this answer....

                                                                          [–]medickit 87ポイント88ポイント  (1子コメント)

                                                                          Sean created us all.

                                                                          [–]MoonbirdMonster 137ポイント138ポイント  (2子コメント)

                                                                          Hahaha, "how nihilistic has the development of No Man's Sky made you?"

                                                                          [–]KaptainKrunch 17ポイント18ポイント  (3子コメント)

                                                                          There is theory a that if we are to a find a repeating sequence or pattern within Pi, we may have reached the CPU processing limit for the simulation of our universe.

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                                                                            [–]isrly_eder 248ポイント249ポイント  (8子コメント)

                                                                            Hi Sean

                                                                            Did the flood that struck your offices materially affect development? Would NMS have been a different game without it?

                                                                            Looking forward to tomorrow. I've been waiting for three years. Thank you for your dedication

                                                                            [–]Lunasther 98ポイント99ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                                            This does not answer the whole question, but Sean talked about it a little on a Gamespot interview from 2014.

                                                                            I got a call christmas eve night saying "Your office is flooding", basically... And we were actually on the ground floor with our PCs on the ground, and they were like, blowing up and exploding and things like that. We had stuff backed up, and at the time we've kinda of said "Don't worry guys, we haven't lost anything!", but the reality is that you have. You just don't know how much, and you also don't want to say it because people are gonna go "Forget about it, it will never come out. It looked crazy anyway." So we were like "It's all fine!", but it did set us back a while.

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                                                                            [–]xlet_cobra 16ポイント17ポイント  (2子コメント)

                                                                            Didn't he release a trailer for the game and then after the flood he said he would have cancelled the game if the trailer wasn't out?

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                                                                              [–]Theassasin47 104ポイント105ポイント  (38子コメント)

                                                                              How did the development of the game affect you physically and mentally?

                                                                              [–]Saymite 78ポイント79ポイント  (13子コメント)

                                                                              Hey there Sean (and the rest of the team)

                                                                              A question about PC, how far is modding supported?

                                                                              And is there a anti-cheat system in place?

                                                                              Thanks :D

                                                                              [–]Hunter199090 157ポイント158ポイント  (34子コメント)

                                                                              Do you plan for any mod support on PC in the future?

                                                                              [–]TheSeaOfThySoul 479ポイント480ポイント  (60子コメント)

                                                                              Hello Sean, I'm the one whose thread you linked in your recent blog post, which was titled "What do you do in No Man's Sky and other questions - Answered", and new moderator on the No Man's Sky sub-reddit! It's so great to finally have the opportunity to ask questions, its been a long time coming!

                                                                              You mention being tight-lipped on the PC version, and you've got your reasons, but will you be tight lipped in this AMA? I'm very interested to know how the PC version has been coming along, and what settings we'll have access to.

                                                                              Side-question, you mentioned years ago that you hadn't found a planet you'd rather live on than Earth (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0uYnwqlslU) - has this changed?

                                                                              [–]seanymurray[S] 577ポイント578ポイント  (54子コメント)

                                                                              Whenever devs are tight-lipped, it's normally just because they literally, legally, can't talk about a thing. Man, you would surprised how wrapped up most devs are in contracts and nonesense. Often for instance lots of devs will have a clause that says "you literally can't say the name of platform X". Knowing this it's really funny watching interviews where devs are squirming trying not to the word Wii or whatever when being asked about some industry thing :) - you see us say things like "well the thing about supporting... that particular console is..."

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                                                                                [–]goingbankai 22ポイント23ポイント  (5子コメント)

                                                                                A few questions from a uni student looking to get into programming with a compsci major :

                                                                                1. How the hell do you get from not knowing how to program anything (where I'm at now) and being able to code properly for a game/at industry level? I've been in classes for various programming languages (matlab, Python) and I feel like the only skill I learned was using google and copy+paste, not actually how to program

                                                                                2. How did you get a job in the industry straight out of uni? The people I know in 3rd/4th year compsci say that finding a good job (like one at EA) is insanely difficult because of the competition+hiring expectations. In a similar vein, what could any compsci student do to set them apart from the rest on a resume so they could get a job straight out of uni?

                                                                                Thanks for reading, love the game btw and can't wait to play it

                                                                                [–]StackOfCups 10ポイント11ポイント  (2子コメント)

                                                                                I can help you with that first one. :) Stop copy-pasting from google. Whenever I'd google code I would handwrite it all and make sure I understood at least the general idea of what I was writing, if not exactly how it worked. Never copy paste.

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                                                                                  [–]pheonixs1234 137ポイント138ポイント  (27子コメント)

                                                                                  Favorite kind of tea?

                                                                                  [–]MiskyBoyy 170ポイント171ポイント  (23子コメント)

                                                                                  An Irishman, it has to be "Barry's Irish tea!"

                                                                                  [–]seanymurray[S] 508ポイント509ポイント  (16子コメント)

                                                                                  OMG! I was about to say Barry's Tea! This is what it feels like, when doves cry

                                                                                  [–]shamelessnameless 59ポイント60ポイント  (4子コメント)

                                                                                  Sean lifts us up where we belong

                                                                                  where the eagles cry space worms fly

                                                                                  on a mountain high in No man's sky

                                                                                  Edit: All Credit to /u/locolegit below for the superior lyrics

                                                                                  [–]LocoLegit 7ポイント8ポイント  (1子コメント)

                                                                                  Shouldn't it be:

                                                                                  Sean lifts us up where we belong

                                                                                  Where the space worms fly

                                                                                  In no man's sky

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                                                                                          [–]DSifan 112ポイント113ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                                                          Hi Sean! You seem to have a lot of pride in your game, an almost infectious level. I read the day one patch notes, and it's amazing how much you're adding. What else do you and the team hope to add to the game, other than freighters? And how will base buliding and freighters work? Will others be able to see/use them?

                                                                                          [–]rhinx 72ポイント73ポイント  (6子コメント)

                                                                                          Here are questions I posted earlier in another thread...

                                                                                          Some Questions.

                                                                                          1- The team. We've seen conference talks by Innes McKendrick, Grant Duncan, Charlie Tangora, Paul Weir that provide great insight into the details of the game. How are devs like David Ream and Ryan Doyle involved in NMS development? Will we see more behind-the-scenes talks about the concept, coding, and creative work of NMS?

                                                                                          2- The business. It seems NMS & HG has faced legal issues (trademark, patent) and business necessities (taxes, contracts), and natural disasters like the flood over the years. How do these inhibit or strengthen the creative process and team? What advice would Sean give to other small indie studios?

                                                                                          3- The personal. Sean wrote about "loving the crunch" in Eurogamer which was somewhat controversial. A challenge in any business is work/life balance. What does Sean's wife think about all this? How does Sean as "mastermind" and manager get the best work from his team?

                                                                                          4- The success. How will Sean know if the game is a success? By his personal sense of satisfaction? Response from critics and reviewers? Response from industry peers? Sales and popularity? Longevity?

                                                                                          [–]DrCreo 99ポイント100ポイント  (6子コメント)

                                                                                          Did space whales get in to the game?

                                                                                          [–]SamOfAllThings 66ポイント67ポイント  (24子コメント)

                                                                                          Hi Sean, absurdly hyped for NMS! With NMS gaining so much traction - despite its indie status on PS4 it's being given the billing of a major AAA title - would you consider expanding HelloGames into a multi-project studio, or do you prefer more of a Pixar/Naughty Dog single-game style environment?

                                                                                          [–]seanymurray[S] 227ポイント228ポイント  (22子コメント)

                                                                                          Initially I think we'll all be supporting NMS. But there are other ideas we've got rattling around in our heads too. I think video games is just such a largely unexplored field. There's very few studios that pull off the two game thing, but supporting one game and then kicking off something new - that's doable right?

                                                                                          Sh*t, I just remembered, we've got another thing we're already working on that's unannounced. It's a small experiment, but hopefully you all might like it :)

                                                                                          Maybe we can be the Johnny Depp of studios :D - do a mixture of big stuff and indie stuff? :D

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                                                                                            [–]DonaldsDick 33ポイント34ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                                                            Will there be random event such as stars exploding or large astroids etc?

                                                                                            [–]J4N5 152ポイント153ポイント  (32子コメント)

                                                                                            Will players from PC and PS4 play in the same universe?

                                                                                            [–]Criegg 55ポイント56ポイント  (27子コメント)

                                                                                            Hi Sean,

                                                                                            I've heard rumors of the possibility of an API at some point for at least Atlas data, will that be a thing?

                                                                                            [–]seanymurray[S] 132ポイント133ポイント  (21子コメント)

                                                                                            It could be for sure. We were talking today about just having a twitter bot that tweets discovery names at random. We've just been glued to the screen all day, watching names come in. Game isn't out... but we had like 160k discoveries uploaded today... so... :o

                                                                                            [–]Ronald_Reagan_AMA 38ポイント39ポイント  (5子コメント)

                                                                                            How many of them are Harambe?

                                                                                            [–]LBGW_experiment 10ポイント11ポイント  (3子コメント)

                                                                                            HOLY SHIT. Do you know the scope of how many players have contributed to that? That's a massive number for the game not even being out. Please tweet what the first day discoveries number is, I'm curious to see how many millions it hits.

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                                                                                                [–]Kakkoister 72ポイント73ポイント  (8子コメント)

                                                                                                Given the multi-player connectivity features in the engine (which have very little chance of being used), do you guys have plans to perhaps expand on that side of the game after most people have had a good single-player experience?

                                                                                                [–]Voxnovo 31ポイント32ポイント  (1子コメント)

                                                                                                If not full multi-player, are you at least considering ways for you to "find your friends" in-game?

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                                                                                                  [–]verminfilth 11ポイント12ポイント  (1子コメント)

                                                                                                  Hey Sean! Love ya, love Hello Games. Which sci-fi film(s) would you say you attribute most of your inspiration from for No Man's Sky?

                                                                                                  [–]PM_ME_A_PIZZA 22ポイント23ポイント  (1子コメント)

                                                                                                  Is there any special piece of math in your universe generation algorithms that you think would particularly blow people's minds?

                                                                                                  [–]Chezzymann 38ポイント39ポイント  (2子コメント)

                                                                                                  Are you planning on adding gas giants, or any other space elements not currently included in the game?

                                                                                                  [–]Kungfuquickness 28ポイント29ポイント  (3子コメント)

                                                                                                  How many of those cupcakes did you eat in June that /r/NoMansSkyTheGame and I sent you?

                                                                                                  Who ate the most? :P

                                                                                                  [–]SkatchUK 8ポイント9ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                                                                  A son of guildford whose very happy his town is now back on the map!

                                                                                                  My question is: No spoilers but are there any Iain M Banks elements tucked away?

                                                                                                  [–]MikeHRed 50ポイント51ポイント  (4子コメント)

                                                                                                  Hi Sean! How often do you plan on updating your game? How large can we expect some of these future updates to be?

                                                                                                  EDIT: Also I've been super hyped for this game since your first E3 presentation and I plan on making tons of videos on it...

                                                                                                  EDIT 2: Congrats on becoming the 4th most upvoted AMA!

                                                                                                  EDIT 3: 3rd, closing in on 2nd...

                                                                                                  [–]VRPill 42ポイント43ポイント  (1子コメント)

                                                                                                  Hi Sean!

                                                                                                  Been really looking forward to NMS for a while now. Are there any plans to bring VR support?

                                                                                                  [–]AlastairI 24ポイント25ポイント  (0子コメント)

                                                                                                  What do you feel has been your greatest moment while creating No Man's Sky?

                                                                                                  [–]harteman 7ポイント8ポイント  (1子コメント)

                                                                                                  How did this get to the top, with so many comments, so fast? One hour, 4000+ comments? I have never seen such a thing...

                                                                                                  [–]Freeznips 44ポイント45ポイント  (3子コメント)

                                                                                                  Hi Sean! What books or pieces of Sci fi from your childhood gave you the most creative inspiration while making No Man's Sky?

                                                                                                  [–]gcharters 69ポイント70ポイント  (27子コメント)

                                                                                                  Is it technically possible to cross paths with another player?

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